Totally Unauthorized

Iris on our couch after the game.

I love to see a full room of bridge players, and today was a major delight.

Given that there was a huge football game on, my expectations for today were low.  I guess I’m not the only non-fan around.   Gail and I got to the club about 12:40 for a 1:00 game and the joint was packed.  Of course, all the good food the unit board put out helped to raise a crowd.

Iris said we should all just find a place to sit, so I spied a nice quiet table in the back.  They forgot to tell me that there was a separate 199’er section, and the people were giving me the big fish eye as I sat down.  Lynn Sacco explained to me that I was in the wrong section, and I had to slink out of the room.

Eventually, it worked out that there were 18 tables in the open game and 4 in the 199’er– the biggest turnout I have seen in Pleasant Hill in many a year.

There are a few new innovations with the change in ownership–money is collected in envelopes at the table, the travellers are round-sequenced  (meaning you just write your score on the first available line from the top), there are pick-up slips for the last two rounds to facilitate quicker scoring, there is a clock at the back of the room to call the round changes.   Change is often difficult, but we’ll get accustomed to things pretty quickly and the games will run more easily, I should think.

Iris is pumping so  much energy and devotion into her new venture that it is contagious–table count is up considerably already, and there are more changes and innovations and surprises to come.  Friday night, Feb. 11 will be  a special game, with dinner beforehand.  I don’t know the theme or menu yet, but save the date anyway–I guarantee it will be fun.